Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.
We are never so generous as when giving advice.
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.
The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.
In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.