The Constancy Of Sages Is Nothing But

What Men Call Friendship Is No More Than A Partnership, A Mutual Care Of Interests, An Exchange Of Favors - In A Word, It Is A Sort Of Traffic, In Which Self-love Ever Proposes To Be The Gainer.

If Vanity Does Not Entirely Overthrow The Virtues, At Least It Makes Them All Totter.

Men Frequently Do Good Only To Give Themselves Opportunity Of Doing Ill With Impunity.

Cunning And Treachery Are The Offspring Of Incapacity.

The Reason Why Lovers And Their Mistresses Never Tire Of Being Together Is That They Are Always Talking Of Themselves. [fr., Ce Qui Fait Que Amants Et Les Maitresses Ne S'ennuient Point D'etre Ensemble; C'est Qu'ils Parlent Toujours D'eux Memes.]