Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!

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.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.

Sudden love is latest cured.

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

A modest man never talks of himself.