There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
The only thing constant in life is change.
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.
Taste may change, but inclination never.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
It’s the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.