A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.

Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.