A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.