It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.