We Always Like Those Who Admire Us.

People That Are Conceited Of Their Own Merit Take Pride In Being Unfortunate, That Themselves And Others May Think Them Considerable Enough To Be The Envy And The Mark Of Fortune.

It Is Safer To Do Most Men Harm Than To Do Them Too Much Good.

Some People Displease With Merit, And Others' Very Faults And Defects Are Pleasing.

Kings Do With Men As With Pieces Of Money; They Give Them What Value They Please, And We Are Obliged To Receive Them At Their Current And Not At Their Real Value.

Politeness Of The Mind Is To Have Delicate Thoughts