Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.
Patience is the art of hoping.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.