There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?

The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.