The Manner Of Giving Is Worth More

Ambition Displeases When It Has Been Sated ... Having Reached The Peak, It Aspires To Descend.

It Is Hard To Hate What One Has Loved, And A Half-extinguished Fire Is Soon Relit.

These Flattering Mirrors Reflect Imperfectly What Is Within; The Countenance Is Often A Gay Deceiver. What Defects Of Mind Lie Hidden Under Its Beauty! What Fair Exteriors Conceal Base Souls!

I Have Deserved Neither So Much Honor Or So Much Disgrace.

Guess, If You Can, And Choose, If You Dare. [lat., Devine, Si Tu Peux, Et Choisis, Si Tu L'oses.]