A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.

The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

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

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.