There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we Have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people.

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.