We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.