The most subtle of our acts is to simulate blindness for snares that we know are set for us.

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.

How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.

Lovers, when they are no longer in love, find it very hard to break up.