Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.