Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.
Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself.