1. “Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.”
2. “Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.”
3. “The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues.”
4. “Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm”
5. “It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”
6. “Everything that is exquisite hides itself.”
7. “Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.”
8. “science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.”
9. “When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.”
10. “There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good heart.”
11. “Success causes u to be more praised than known.”
12. “We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.”
13. “Certain names always awake certain prejudices.”
14. “Generosity is more charitable than wealth.”
15. “Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.”
