Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.