Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
One can not be just if one is not humane.