Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.
It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
Constancy is the chimera of love.
Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.