The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt