Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.

We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.