The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.

Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.