The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.