Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.