Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.

The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit.

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.