Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you would condemn me?

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.