As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.