In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.

To love is to choose.

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.

Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.