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.

Give help rather than advice.

Few maxims are true in every respect.

Despair is the greatest of our errors.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

Those who fear men like laws.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.