Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

Friendship is a traffic wherein self-love always proposes to be the gainer.

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.