Hope and fear are inseparable.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Only the great can afford to have great defects.

It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.