It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.

It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.

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

The passions often engender their contraries.

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.

The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.