A man seldom finds people unthankful, as long as he remains in a condition of benefiting them further.

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.