Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Esteem never makes ingrates.

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.