Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.