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.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to be so is only a cunningsort of dissimulation, to insinuate ourselves into the confidence of others.