A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.