We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.

Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.