“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”

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

“How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld”

“Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.”

“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.”