Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.

We have neither the strength nor the opportunity to accomplish all the good and all the evil which we design.

Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.

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.

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

Lazy people always intend to start doing something.