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

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

The reason why most women have so little sense of friendship is that this is but a cold and flat passion to those that have felt that of love.

Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.