All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.
There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.