He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

We ought to fear a man who hates himself, for we are at risk of becoming victims of his anger and revenge. Let us then try to lure him into self-love.

We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger

One man runs to his neighbor because he is looking for himself, and another because he wants to loose himself. Your bad love of yourselves makes solitude a prison for you.

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.