The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.