If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Happy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.