It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.

We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all.

Unfaithfulness ought to extinguish love, and we should not be jealous when there is reason to be. Only those who give no grounds for jealousy are worthy of it.

We should often blush at our noblest deeds if the world were to see all their underlying motives.