To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.

Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.

Even women are perfect at the outset.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.