A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.
Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.
A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.
The reason that women do not love one another is - men.
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.
Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.