Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.