It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

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