Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

We have an intuitive sense of our duty.

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

hoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.