Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Esteem never makes ingrates.

Humility is the worst form of conceit.

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.