Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.
It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.
Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.
The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.