Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

High fortune makes both our virtues and vices stand out as objects that are brought clearly to view by the light.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.