We always like those who admire us.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease.

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.