Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.

Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.