We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

As long as we love, we can forgive.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.