Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.