A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.

A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

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

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.