Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.