If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take so much pleasure in remarking them in others. Those who spend too much time on trifling things generally become incapable of great ones. We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. Truth does not so much good in the world as its appearances do evil. Hypocrisy is the homage which vice renders to virtue.
Grace is to the body what good sense is to the mind.
It is with true love as with ghosts. Everyone talks of it, but few have ever seen it. Silence is the best course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself. We should have very little pleasure if we did not sometimes flatter ourselves. It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.