Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.