Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.

In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.