We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.
Weak people cannot be sincere.
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.
The pleasure of love is in loving.
Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant.
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.
The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit.
It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
Organize one’s values in the order of their worth.
One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.
What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.