Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation.

Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.