Humility is the worst form of conceit.

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

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

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Silence is the best security to the man who distrusts himself.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.