The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of at another time.

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

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

High fortune makes both our virtues and vices stand out as objects that are brought clearly to view by the light.