A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.