We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.
Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses.
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.