Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.