Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.

There is no protection against slander.

It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.

Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.