Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.