We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

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.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.