It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

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

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.

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

Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.