Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.

In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one was never to die.

Few maxims are true in every respect.

The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.

Courage is adversity's lamp.