Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.