I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.

Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.

Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it