“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time
“If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste
“When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance
“A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficult
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”
“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
“To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity