Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

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

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.