Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
Jealousy is the paralysis of love.