We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.

Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

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

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease.