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

There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.