To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

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

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.