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

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.