Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.
In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.
Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.
Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.
A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.