Nothing is so contagious as example; never was there any considerable good or ill done that does not produce its like. We imitate good actions through emulation, and had ones through a malignity in our nature, which shame conceals, and example sets at liberty.

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.

Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

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.