The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body invented to cover the defects of the mind.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.

We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.