Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
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.
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.
To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that done to the Athenian madman who was happy in believing that all the ships touching at the port belonged to him.