It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.

It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.

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 as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

Hatred is stronger than friendship.