No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
Those alone are wise who know how to love.
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.