In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

Even women are perfect at the outset.