Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of unsettled minds are always driven about with passions, but never absolutely filled with any.

Friendship is a traffic wherein self-love always proposes to be the gainer.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.