Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.