Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money

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

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

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.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.