» At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
» The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
» Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
» I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
» The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
» One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
» If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
» There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are not conscious of birth submit to death and forget to live.
» They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
» Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.