The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!

Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.

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.

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.

There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.