2510. Avoid talking about yourself; praising your own works; and proclaiming your own deeds. If they are good, they will proclaim themselves; if bad, the less you say of them the better.
2511. Be kind in little things.
2512. The true generosity of the heart is more displayed by deeds of minor kindness, than by acts which may partake of ostentation.
2513. Reason is given for man's guidance. Passion is the tempest by which reason is overthrown. Under the effects of passion, man's mind becomes disordered, his face disfigured, his body deformed.