Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.
A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.
Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.
Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.
Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.
There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.