Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.

We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.

The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.

When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.