Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.

It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.

Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.