We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.

Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.

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

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.