When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.