Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Hatred is stronger than friendship.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.