We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us; sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.

Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.