Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.