Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.
If it were not for poetry, few men would ever fall in love.
There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.
A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.
We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.