We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

Men have written in the most convincing manner to prove that death is no evil, and this opinion has been confirmed on a thousand celebrated occasions by the weakest of men as well as by heroes. Even so I doubt whether any sensible person has ever believed it, and the trouble men take to convince others as well as themselves that they do shows clearly that it is no easy undertaking.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.