Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.
There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.
Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.