Hope and fear are inseparable.
It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.
Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.
We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.