The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.