There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome. - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.

We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us; sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.

The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.