[LXXX].—Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
[LXXXI].—We trouble ourselves less to become happy, than to make others believe we are so.
[LXXXII].—It is more easy to extinguish the first desire than to satisfy those which follow.
[LXXXIII].—Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.
[LXXXIV].—The great ones of the earth can neither command health of body nor repose of mind, and they buy always at too dear a price the good they can acquire.
[LXXXV].—Before strongly desiring anything we should examine what happiness he has who possesses it.
[LXXXVI].—A true friend is the greatest of all goods, and that of which we think least of acquiring.
[LXXXVII].—Lovers do not wish to see the faults of their mistresses until their enchantment is at an end.
[LXXXVIII].—Prudence and love are not made for each other; in the ratio that love increases, prudence diminishes.
[LXXXIX].—It is sometimes pleasing to a husband to have a jealous wife; he hears her always speaking of the beloved object.