| Category | Quote | E-Mail this quote | | Admiration | We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
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| Advise | Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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| Bores | We often forgive those who bore us, bur we cannot fogive those whom we bore.
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| Faults | We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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| Faults | If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
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| Gratitiude | Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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| Health | Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
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| Judgment | Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment.
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| Love | It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
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| Memory | Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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| Philosophy | We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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| Praise | The refusal of praise is actually the wish to be praised twice.
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| Quarrelling | Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
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| Repentance | Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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| Resistance | If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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| Sincerity | Sincerity is an openness of heart that is found in very few people. What we usually see is only an artful disguise people put on to win the confidence of others.
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| Strength | We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
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| Virtue | Our virtues are usually just disguised vices.
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