No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.