No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.