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.

One kind of flirtation is to boast we never flirt.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.