The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.