When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.

Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.

Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.