It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.
Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.
We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend.
Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.
In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears