There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.