Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.