Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that imagines himself so necessary that other people cannot live without him is a great deal more mistaken.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.