A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.

Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.