There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.