It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

Constancy in love is of two sorts: One is the effect of new excellencies that are always presenting themselves afresh, and attractour affections continually; the other is only from a point of honor, and a taking of pride not to change.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.

A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.

We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.