It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.

Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.

Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.