It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate

We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us.

Hatred of dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

All that is unfair, offends us if it’s not beneficial for us.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else’s esteem, we are very close to hating him.

The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.