Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.