Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.

We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

Those great and glorious actions that dazzle our eyes with their luster are represented by statesmen as the result of great wisdomand excellent design; whereas, in truth, they are commonly the effects of the humors and passions.

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.

Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.