The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

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

Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.

What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.