“A weakling is incapable of sincerity.”

“Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.”

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”

“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”