The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Nothing is more adroit than irreproachable conduct

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.