If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

The only thing constant in life is change

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.