“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.”

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

“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”

“We do not despise all those with vices, but we do despise all those without a single virtue.”

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

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

“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”