Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.

Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues.

Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.