It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.
It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
Habit is everything, even in love.
Action makes more fortune than caution.