Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.
It is sometimes wise to forget who we are.
The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others