Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.