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

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

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

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.

None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.

Pleasure limps for him. who enjoys it alone.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.