Vanity has no limits.
A person filled with vanity is so involved with himself that there is no room inside him for anyone or anything else.
—PAN
As rules go, “You should behave just as other people behave” is among the most dangerous; it almost always results in your behaving badly.
—JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
You could choose no worse way to guide your life than to follow the opinions of other people.
When we praise other people it is because we think that they look like us; often to respect a person means to put him on the same level as oneself.
—JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
Real virtue never looks back on its shadow, fame.
—JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
It’s not wise to be interested in fame and the appreciation of others, because no two people’s opinions about what is good are the same.