We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.
In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.
We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.
It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.
Men are not only prone to forget benefits; they even hate those who have obliged them, and cease to hate those who have injured them. The necessity of revenging an injury, or of recompensing a benefit seems a slavery to which they are unwilling to submit.