Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.
We always like those who admire us.
As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.
Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.