Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.
If it were not for poetry, few men would ever fall in love.
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.
There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.