34.—If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.
["The proud are ever most provoked by pride."—Cowper, Conversation 160.]
35.—Pride is much the same in all men, the only difference is the method and manner of showing it.
["Pride bestowed on all a common friend."—Pope, Essay On Man, Ep. ii., line 273.]
36.—It would seem that nature, which has so wisely ordered the organs of our body for our happiness, has also given us pride to spare us the mortification of knowing our imperfections.
37.—Pride has a larger part than goodness in our remonstrances with those who commit faults, and we reprove them not so much to correct as to persuade them that we ourselves are free from faults.
38.—We promise according to our hopes; we perform according to our fears.
["The reason why the Cardinal (Mazarin) deferred so long to grant the favours he had promised, was because he was persuaded that hope was much more capable of keeping men to their duty than gratitude."—Fragments Historiques. Racine.]
39.—Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters; even that of disinterestedness.
40.—Interest blinds some and makes some see.