An agreeable figure and winning manner, which inspire affection without love, are always new. Beauty loses its relish, the graces never, after the longest acquaintance, they are no less agreeable than at first.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.

When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

If you should escape the censure of others, hope not to escape your own.