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

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular