Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.

It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.