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

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.