Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.

All men are equally proud. The only difference is that not all take the same methods of showing it.

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

We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.