The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

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

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

Even women are perfect at the outset.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.