To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

Those who know nothing must believe everything.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.