Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.