It Is Far Better To Be Deceived

One May Outwit Another, But Not All The Others.

We Only Acknowledge Small Faults In Order To Make It Appear That We Are Free From Great Ones.

Flattery Is A Base Coin Which Is Current Only Through Our Vanity.

The Most Ingenious Men Continually Pretend To Condemn Tricking--but This Is Often Done That They May Use It More Conveniently Themselves, When Some Great Occasion Or Interest Offers Itself To Them.

Love Is To The Soul Of Him Who Loves, What The Soul Is To The Body Which It Animates.