The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.
A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.
The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of unsettled minds are always driven about with passions, but never absolutely filled with any.