Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.

Receive an injury rather than do one.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

Penitence follows hasty decisions.