It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.

Esteem never makes ingrates.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how to arrange.

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.