Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.

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

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.