We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
Even women are perfect at the outset.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.