Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.