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

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.