However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.
Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.
It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.
It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.
There are some bad qualities which make great talents.
There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.