Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

There is no one who does not represent a danger to someone.

... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.

We are so fond of hearing ourselves spoken of, that, be it good or ill, it is still pleasing.