We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.