A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already.

Love and friendship exclude each other.