Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality.

If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

The distempers of the soul have their relapses, as many and as dangerous as those of the body; and what we take for a perfect cureis generally either an abatement of the same disease or the changing of that for another.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.