A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.

True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie.

The more we love, the nearer we are to hate.

If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.