To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.