Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.
Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.