We love justice greatly, and just men but little.

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

As long as we love, we lend to the beloved object qualities of mind and heart which we deprive him of when the day of misunderstanding arrives.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.