The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.