In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.

To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful.

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.