We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

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

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.