It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

It may be said that the vices await us in the journey of life like hosts with whom we must successively lodge; and I doubt whether experience would make us avoid them if we were to travel the same road a second time.