People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.