We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.

Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.