The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Nothing but courage can guide life.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.