"The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself."

"The part of the lover is to give, and the part of the beloved is to receive."

"Of all the follies there is none greater than to be a learned fool."

"There is no limit to the absurdities a man will commit for the sake of his vanity."

"Man, I believe, is a creature that can get accustomed to anything."