Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.

Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.

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