Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.
One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.