There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.

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

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.