Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.