Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
When an idea is not robust enough to stand expression in simple terms, it is a sign that it should be rejected.
Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.
When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him