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

If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life; cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interests and welfare. Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understanding; cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes from them.