It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.