We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority..

Temperance adds zest to pleasure..

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing t….

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting..

Would you be esteemed? Live with persons that are estimable..

Politeness costs little and yields much..

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them..

We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those who approach us..

Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us to resemble them.….

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in need of mine. By forsaking the….

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it..

The first rule for speaking well is to think well..

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence..