There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Age whitens hairs, but not sin.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion

The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.