Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts