Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.

Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.

Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.