You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.

The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.

The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.