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

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.