In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.
The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.
Women always find their bitterest foes among their own sex.