We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.

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

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to spare us the pain of being aware of our imperfections.