As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.
