Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.

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

Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.

There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.

Nothing but courage can guide life.

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.