We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.