Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.