Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.

Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

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.

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he ought to be silent on some other subject of which he has but a slight knowledge; if such an illustrious man ventures beyond the bounds of his capacity, he loses his way and talks like a fool.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.