The heart is forever making the head its fool.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself