The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.