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.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.