We like to read others but we do not like to be read.

Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.

True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie.