The only thing constant in life is change

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how to arrange.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.