We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.
It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.
History never embraces more than a small part of reality
Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.
Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.