We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.
Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.