It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.
Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.
As long as we love, we can forgive.