Only the contemptible fear contempt.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.