Women Can Less Easily Surmount Their Coquetry

Men Are Inconsolable Concerning The Treachery Of Their Friends Or The Deceptions Of Their Enemies; And Yet They Are Often Very Highly Satisfied To Be Both Deceived And Betrayed By Their Own Selves.

We Are More Often Treacherous Through Weakness Than Through Calculation.

Innocence Is Lucky If It Finds The Same Protection As Guilt

One Kind Of Happiness Is To Know Exactly At What Point To Be Miserable.

Men Are Not Only Prone To Forget Benefits; They Even Hate Those Who Have Obliged Them, And Cease To Hate Those Who Have Injured Them. The Necessity Of Revenging An Injury, Or Of Recompensing A Benefit Seems A Slavery To Which They Are Unwilling To Submit.