Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for everything; this he offers you inadvertently in his words. He who has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great or small.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

Women are proverbially credulous.

Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.

He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.

Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.