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

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

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.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.