In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

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

Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.

We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to holdup our heads, just as cowards let themselves be knocked on the head because they have not courage to strike back.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.