Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.

Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.