Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.

Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

Great men should not have great faults.

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

Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.