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We pardon to the extent that we love.
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.