The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.
When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.
They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.
To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.