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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have... →
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
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