We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.

Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them.

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those who approach us.

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.