Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.

The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.