There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.