Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!