Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy.

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.