We always get bored with those whom we bore.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion.

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.