A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.

The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.