 Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. |
| Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. |
| There is nothing men are so generous of as advice. |
| If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss. |
| Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. |
| We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others. |
| Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. |
| Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit. |
| The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves. |
| It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. |
| When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. |
| Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. |
| We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. |
| It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self. |
| We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. |
| Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. |
| People always complain about their memories, never about their minds. |
| We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others. |
| That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest. |
| There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other. |
