The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.

One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.

Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.