Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.

A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him towards another.

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.