The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.

Reason is not what decides love.

The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.