I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

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

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

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