How many fools does it take to make up a public?
People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.
Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another.
The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.