An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.