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

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.

Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

Languages are the keys of science.

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.