We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.