A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.