Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.