However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.