I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.