At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

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

How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute!

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

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