Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.

The doctors allow one to die, the charlatans kill.