Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.