Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.