Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.
Those who fear men like laws.
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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.
Patience is the art of hoping.
As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.