Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

Men more easily renounce their interests than their tastes.

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.