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

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.