It is not our follies that make me laugh it is our sapiences

You can't tell your friend you've been cuckolded; even if he doesn't laugh at you, he may put the information to personal use

I do not teach, I relate

A learned person is not learned in everything; but the capable person is capable in everything, even in what he is ignorant of

We are, I know not how, double in ourselves, so that what we believe we disbelieve, and cannot rid ourselves of what we condemn

No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art