Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.