We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

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We are never so generous as when giving advice.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shame-faced passion we never dare acknowledge.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.

We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.