In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.