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.

Haste is always ungraceful.

The most certain mode of making people content with us is to make them content with themselves.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.