Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."

Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.