... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.
It is easier to win love than to keep it.
It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.
Tact is good taste in action.
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.