True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Even women are perfect at the outset.

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.