If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.

Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.