As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.