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

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance