Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

Unfaithfulness ought to extinguish love, and we should not be jealous when there is reason to be. Only those who give no grounds for jealousy are worthy of it.

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.