In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.

The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.