Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

History never embraces more than a small part of reality

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.