“Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.”

“It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them”

“Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them.”

“A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.”

“He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.”

“We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.”

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”