None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.