I have often observ'd the loudest Laughers to be the dullest Fellows in the Company.

Tis the established custom [in Vienna] for every lady to have two husbands, one that bears the name, and another that performs the duties.

Forgive what you can't excuse.

I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by satiety.

It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.

It's all been very interesting.

I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.