Andre Maurois Self Quotations

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.