Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.
It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to spare us the pain of being aware of our imperfections.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.