Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.