Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.
Rules and models destroy genius and art.
The youth is better than the old age of friendship.
Many a man would have turned rogue if he knew how.
Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.