When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.

As nice as we are in love, we forgive more faults in that than in friendship.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.

A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.