Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.