“Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.”
“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
“Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.”
“We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.”
“How can you expect another to keep a secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?”
“We forgive so long as we love.”