Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

The distempers of the soul have their relapses, as many and as dangerous as those of the body; and what we take for a perfect cureis generally either an abatement of the same disease or the changing of that for another.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

When the soul is ruffled by the remains of one passion, it is more disposed to entertain a new one than when it is entirely curedand at rest from all.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

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