For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.