Volume 1, Letter 24: To Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌⁠I sit down to give you an immediate answer to that article of your letter concerning the stipend; thank God, it requires no reflection. My sentiments, my Eloisa, on this subject, are these.

In what is called honour, there is a material distinction between that which is founded on the opinion of the world, and that which is derived from self esteem. The first is nothing but the loud voice of foolish