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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
Taste may change, but inclination never.
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
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