The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.

People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.