Only The Contemptible Fear Contempt.

Sincerity Is A Certain Openness Of Heart. It Is To Be Found In Very Few, And What We Commonly Look Upon To Be So Is Only A Cunningsort Of Dissimulation, To Insinuate Ourselves Into The Confidence Of Others.

When Our Vices Leave Us, We Like To Imagine It Is We Who Are Leaving Them.

We Have No Patience With Other People's Vanity Because It Is Offensive To Our Own.

The Blindness Of Men Is The Most Dangerous Effect Of Their Pride; It Seems To Nourish And Augment It; It Deprives Them Of Knowledge Of Remedies Which Can Solace Their Miseries And Can Cure Their Faults.

The Only Good Imitations Are Those That Poke Fun At Bad Originals.