Generosity is the vanity of giving.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

Weak people cannot be sincere.