The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.