Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.