We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.

Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor