Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.