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.

Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.