Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.

A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

The thing that makes our friendships so short and changeable is that the qualities and dispositions of the soul are very hard to know, and those of the understanding and wit very easy.

Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.

It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.