Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
We are never so generous as when giving advice.
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.
The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.
A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them with all appropriate adornments, studies others' tastes, and clears away from its own thoughts all that is useless and disagreeable.
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.