"We say little, when vanity does not..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.”

“We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.”

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

“Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.”

“Pride counterbalances all our miseries, for it either hides them, or, if it discloses them, boasts of that disclosure. Pride has such a thorough possession of us, even in the midst of our miseries and faults, that we are prepared to sacrifice life with joy, if it may but be talked of.”

“It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in his life. Our temperaments differ in capacity of heat, or”

“I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.”

“A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.”