The reason that women do not love one another is - men.

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.

Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.

Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.