The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.

There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.