Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.

Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.

Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.