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

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.

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