Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.

Moral severity in women is only a dress or paint which they use to set off their beauty.

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.