A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.
He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.
In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.