Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.