The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.