It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.

As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.

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.

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.