Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.

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.

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.