There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.

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

Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of the same kind. The good we imitate through emulation, the ill through the malignity of our nature, which shame keeps locked up, but example sets free.

One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.