We Sometimes Imagine We Hate Flattery, But

When We Exaggerate Our Friends' Tenderness Towards Us, It Is Often Less From Gratitude Than From A Desire To Exhibit Our Own Virtue.

Moderation Is Caused By The Fear Of Exciting The Envy And Contempt Which Those Merit Who Are Intoxicated With Their Good Fortune; It Is A Vain Display Of Our Strength Of Mind, And In Short The Moderation Of Men At Their Greatest Height Is Only A Desire To Appear Greater Than Their Fortune.

We Only Confess Our Little Faults To Persuade People That We Have No Big Ones.

What Often Prevents Our Abandoning Ourselves To A Single Vice Is, Our Having More Than One.

It Is Easier To Appear Worthy Of A Position One Does Not Hold, Than Of The Office Which One Fills.