Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.

The older a fool is, the worse he is.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.