A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.