To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have the power of bringing them to light, and sometimes give us views more true and more perfect than art could possibly do.