For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
Character is inured habit.
It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An casual remark or joke shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.