Conceit Causes More Conversation Than Wit.

We Confess To Little Faults Only To Persuade Ourselves We Have No Great Ones.

Moderation Is Represented As A Virtue In Order To Restrain The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Those Of A Meaner Condition In Their Lesser Merit And Fortune.

Women's Virtue Is Frequently Nothing But A Regard To Their Own Quiet And A Tenderness For Their Reputation.

People Would Not Long Remain In Social Life If They Were Not The Dupes Of Each Other.

Prudence And Love Are Inconsistent; In Proportion As The Last Increases, The Other Decreases.