To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind to 't.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?

Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.