At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.
Success causes us to be more praised than known.
Friendship is the ideal; friends are the reality; reality always remains far apart from the ideal.
Let us pray! God is just, he tries us; God is pitiful, he will comfort us; let us pray!
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.