The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.