There Are But Very Few Men Clever

The Reason We Bitterly Hate Those Who Deceive Us Is Because They Think They Are Cleverer Than We Are.

None Deserve Praise For Being Good Who Have Not The Spirit To Be Bad: Goodness, For The Most Part, Is Nothing But Indolence Or Weakness Of Will.

What We Take For Virtue Is Often Nothing But An Assemblage Of Different Actions, And Of Different Interests, That Fortune Or Our Industry Knows How To Arrange.

What We Cut Off From Our Other Faults Is Very Often But So Much Added To Our Pride.

Our Virtues Are Often, In Reality, No Better Than Vices Disguised.