Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.

It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.