Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.