Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.

A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.