Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.