True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.