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

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Great men should not have great faults.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.