A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt
To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful.