In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

We like to read others but we do not like to be read.

We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.