A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.
In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.
The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.