It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.