"Generosity is the vanity of giving...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.”

“Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.”

“We love everything on our own account; we even follow our own taste and inclination when we prefer our friends to ourselves; and yet it is this preference alone that constitutes true and perfect friendship.”

“Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.”

“It's probably more fulfilling for me to be offering what I offer than it is for the people who receive it.”

“You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.”

“...many foolish persons, wanderers from other parts, have the vain fashion of graving their names and the obscure places whence they come, upon its stones, which is silly and marketh the doer for a fool.”

“When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce.”

“The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.”