Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.