Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.
Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.