Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.

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.

The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.

Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.