The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.