The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.