As long as we love, we can forgive.

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.