What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.