When men will not be reasoned out of a vanity, they must be ridiculed out of it.
L’Estrange.
495.
Women are ever in extremes, they are either better or worse than men.
La Bruyère.
496.
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
Goethe.
497.
The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.