An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.

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.

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?