Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.

It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.