Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.