We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.

There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant.

Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.

Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.