Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
Innocence finds not near so much protection as guilt.
We have all of us sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others.
We always love those who admire us and we do not always love those whom we admire.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
One can find women who have never had a love affair but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
It is easier to know mankind in general than man individually.
We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
The reason why lovers are never wary of one another is this - they are always talking of themselves.
Hope deceitful as it is serves at least to lead us to the end of life along an agreeable road.
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.
We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we suppose ourselves to be.
There are few chaste women who are not tired of their trade.