There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.