It is well that we know not all our wishes. |
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it |
It may well be that those who have trapped us by their tricks do not seem to us so foolish as we seem to ourselves when trapped by the tricks of others. |
It requires greater virtues to support good rather than bad fortune |
It seems that nature has at man's birth fixed the bounds of his virtues and vices. |
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self. |
It would be well for us if we knew all our passions make us do. |
It would seem that even self-love may be the dupe of goodness and forget itself when we work for others. And yet it is but taking the shortest way to arrive at its aim, taking usury under the pretext of giving, in fact winning everybody in a subtle and de |
It would seem that nature, which has so wisely ordered the organs of our body for our happiness, has also given us pride to spare us the mortification of knowing our imperfections. |
It would seem that our actions have lucky or unlucky stars to which they owe a great part of the blame or praise which is given them. |
It's a pity to turn our back on that very important ritual which is tragedy. It's a life-saver, a soul-saver. |
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. |
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. |
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty |
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it |