The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.

Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.

We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.