There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason.

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

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to be so is only a cunningsort of dissimulation, to insinuate ourselves into the confidence of others.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.