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

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.