Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

To forget someone means to think of him.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.