We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.

We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.

What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for the interest of the business, because they wish to have the honor of succeeding in that which they have undertaken.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.