Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.