It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

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

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

The only thing constant in life is change

It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.