The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.

We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.

Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.