The more we love, the nearer we are to hate.
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.
Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.
Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
Unfaithfulness ought to extinguish love, and we should not be jealous when there is reason to be. Only those who give no grounds for jealousy are worthy of it.