The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

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

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.