We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.

Age whitens hairs, but not sin.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.

Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.