Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
Hope deceives more men than cunning does.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.