We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.