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

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

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

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.