Affected Simplicity Is An Elegant Imposture.

We Are Much Mistaken If We Think That Men Are Always Brave From A Principle Of Valor, Or Women Chaste From A Principle Of Modesty.

True Friendship Destroys Envy, And True Love Destroys Coquetterie.

However Rare True Love May Be, It Is Less So Than True Friendship.

The Surest Way To Be Deceived Is To Consider Oneself Cleverer Than Others.

Passion Often Renders The Most Clever Man A Fool, And Sometimes Renders The Most Foolish Man Clever.