The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.