Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.

It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others.

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

Of all trifles, titles are the lightest.

In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.

In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.

No woman dares express all she thinks.