“Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”

“We often forgive those who bore us, but we do not forgive those we bore”.”

“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire”

“If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.”

“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”

“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.”

“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”