A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable; he dissimulates bad offices, smiles at his enemies, controls his irritation, disguises his passions, belies his heartm speaks and acts against his feelings.

If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice.

Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.