To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.