Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

In every man there is something of all men.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers