We are so fond of hearing ourselves spoken of, that, be it good or ill, it is still pleasing.

There is no one who does not represent a danger to someone.

It is freezing fit to split a stone.

if I inflict wounds, I heal them.

Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone.

winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself.

It is not always sorrow that opens the fountains of the eyes.