It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.