Lovers, when they are no longer in love, find it very hard to break up.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.
Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.
Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.