A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.