It Is A Species Of Coquetry To

What Makes The Pain We Feel From Shame And Jealousy So Cutting Is That Vanity Can Give Us No Assistance In Bearing Them.

Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

A Refusal Of Praise Is A Desire To Be Praised Twice.

The Most Violent Passions Sometimes Leave Us At Rest, But Vanity Agitates Us Constantly.

As Great Minds Have The Faculty Of Saying A Great Deal In A Few Words, So Lesser Minds Have A Talent Of Talking Much, And Saying Nothing.