The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.
People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion