His nobility led him to take a few steps in the direction of fortune, and then to despise her. - Nicolas Chamfort

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

Il est malheureux pour les hommes, heureux peut-être pour les tyrans, que les pauvres, les malheureux, n'aient pas l'instinct ou la fierté de l'éléphant qui ne se reproduit point dans la servitude.

Anyone placed at exactly the same distance between yourself and your enemy will always appear closer to your enemy.