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

“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 often forgive those who bore us, but we do not forgive those we bore”.”

“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire”

“Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when than when too highly finished”

“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.”