In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.