Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.
Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.
When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.
I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.
What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.