Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

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

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

We do not lack strength so much as the will to use it; and very often our imagining that things are impossible is nothing but an excuse of our own contriving, to reconcile ourselves to our own idleness.

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.