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.

There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own simplicity.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

Hope and fear are inseparable.