Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.