Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.

If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

One honor won is a surety for more.

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.