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

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

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.

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.