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

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

“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”

“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.”

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

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

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