Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.