To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.

We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.

We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.