There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.

Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.

The passions do very often give birth to others of a nature most contrary to their own. Thus avarice sometimes brings forth prodigality, and prodigality avarice; a man's resolution is very often the effect of levity, and his boldness that of cowardice and fear.

Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another.