The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.

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

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

We always like those who admire us.

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular