It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.

The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.