Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.

What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.