Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another.

In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.