If We Did Not Flatter Ourselves, The

Virtue Would Not Make Such Advances If There Were Not A Little Vanity To Keep It Company.

We Are Nearer Loving Those Who Hate Us Than Those Who Love Us More Than We Wish.

Fortunate Persons Hardly Ever Amend Their Ways: They Always Imagine That They Are In The Right When Fortune Upholds Their Bad Conduct.

The Less You Trust Others, The Less You Will Be Deceived.

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