If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
We all covet wealth, but not its perils.
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.
Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse.
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation of the virtue quite opposite to the vice which constitutes his real character; it is a deceit.