What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

Hope and fear are inseparable.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.