What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.
Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.