The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.