There are several remedies which will cure love, but there are no infallible ones.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.