“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.”

“People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.”

“I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.”

“There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate.”

“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.”