High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

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

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

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.

He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.