The struggle we undergo to remain faithful to one we love is little better than infidelity.
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire.
How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy
If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
