Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.

It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.

Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

Hatred is stronger than friendship.

We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.