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

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.

Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.