There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

The older a fool is, the worse he is.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Some follies are caught, like contagious diseases.