We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.