Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.

The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.

The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.