Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.
Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.