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

Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.