The blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them of knowledge of remedies which can solace their miseries and can cure their faults.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.