Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.
In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.