Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.