Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. РFran̤ois de la Rochefoucauld

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. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. – Miguel de Cervantes