You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.

Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.

It may be remarked in general, that the laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a feint, constrained kind of half-laugh, as such persons are never without some diffidence about them; but that of fools is the most honest, natural, open laugh in the world.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

Mutual good humor is a dress we ought to appear in wherever we meet, and we should make no mention of what concerns ourselves, without it be of matters wherein our friends ought to rejoice.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.