"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

"There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade."

"There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means."

"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

"The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others."

"The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves."

"The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve."

"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."

"The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune."

"The mind cannot long play the heart's role."

"The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken."

"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."

"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."

"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."

"The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second."

"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."

"The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age."

"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again."

"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

"Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone."

"Only the contemptible fear contempt."