People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.