One honor won is a surety for more.

If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

The thing that makes our friendships so short and changeable is that the qualities and dispositions of the soul are very hard to know, and those of the understanding and wit very easy.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.