Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.