Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

people never write calmly but when they write indifferently.

Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.

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

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

Remember my unalterable maxim, "When we love, we always have something to say.