“Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.”

“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”

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

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”

“One may outwit another, but not all the others.”

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.”