There are some bad qualities which make great talents.
The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.
If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.