We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.