Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.]

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. [Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est qu'elle blesse la notre.]

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.