In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

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