Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.