Fortune Makes Our Virtues And Vices Visible,

We Do Not Despise All Those Who Have Vices, But We Do Despise Those That Have No Virtue.

However We May Conceal Our Passions Under The Veil ... There Is Always Some Place Where They Peep Out.

What We Take For High-mindedness Is Very Often No Other Than Ambition Well Disguised, That Scorns Means Interests, Only To Pursuegreater.

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

We Sometimes Think That We Hate Flattery, But We Only Hate The Manner In Which It Is Done. [fr., On Croit Quelquefoir Hair La Flatterie; Maid On Ne Hait Que A Maniere De Flatter.]