It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
One promises much, to avoid giving little.
Constancy is the chimera of love.
When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.