Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.
[Science is] the desire to know causes.
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play.
Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.