One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.
There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
The passions often engender their contraries.
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.