A Man Often Imagines That He Acts,

We Are Much Mistaken If We Think That Men Are Always Brave From A Principle Of Valor, Or Women Chaste From A Principle Of Modesty.

One Man May Be More Cunning Than Another, But No One Can Be More Cunning Than All The World.

No Accidents Are So Unlucky [bad] But That The Wise May Draw Some Advantage [good] From Them.

The Defects Of The Mind, Like Those Of The Face, Grow Worse With Age.

It Is Easier To Deceive Yourself, And To Do So Unperceived, Than To Deceive Another.