Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant.

Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongsto us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others.

No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.