It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.