There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

The older a fool is, the worse he is.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is never so easily over-reached as when he is contriving to over-reach others.

Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.