The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.