Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
Constancy is the chimera of love.
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.