The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.
Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.
Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.
Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
We give nothing so freely as advice.