The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others may be content with us and with themselves.

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear; she should mercifully choose between the two.

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.