A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.