Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

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.

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

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.