We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.