We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.