Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.