We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

One is never so easily fooled as when one thinks one is fooling others.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Virtues are lost in self interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.