There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

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

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.