Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light.