Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.

We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not exposeany other way.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.