If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.
That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
The only shame is to have none.
Law, without force, is impotent.