It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.

It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries.