We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.

How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.