We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

History never embraces more than a small part of reality

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.

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

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.