An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.

The devil does not tempt people whom he finds suitably employed.

Le scelerat a ses vertus, comme l'honnete homme a ses faiblesses.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.