Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.