He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

All who know their own minds know not their own hearts.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.