The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.