Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.
All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us; sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.