There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.

The most clever and polite are content with only seeming attentive while we perceive in their mind and eyes that at the very time they are wandering from what is said and desire to return to what they want to say.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.