You are not born for fame if you don’t know the value of time.
The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
Commerce is the school of cheating.
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
It is not in everyone’s power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
One can not be just if one is not humane.