Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

There are few good women who do not tire of their role.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.

Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.