We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.

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.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.