We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.
Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.
If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.