Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.