Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.

We are always bored by the very people by whom it is vital not to be bored.

We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.