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

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

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

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.