When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.