In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.

Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of.

Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.