The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.

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

When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.

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

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.