#moral reflections

However rare true love may be, true friendship is even rarer.

The ability to make good use of average talents is an art that extorts respect, and often wins more repute than real merit does.

Injuries done to us by others often cause us less pain than those that we do to ourselves.

Hardly any man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

Silence is the safest policy for someone who does not trust himself.