Love and friendship exclude each other.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?