Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Were we not proud ourselves, we should not complain of the pride of others.
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.