The Best Way To Rise In Society

Perfect Courage Is To Do Without Witnesses What One Would Be Capable Of Doing With The World Looking On.

The Qualities We Have Do Not Make Us So Ridiculous As Those Which We Affect To Have. [fr., On N'est Jamais Si Ridicule Par Les Qualites Que L'on A Que Par Celles Que L'on Affecte D'avoir.]

Men Would Not Live In Society Long If They Were Not Each Others Dupes.

High Fortune Makes Both Our Virtues And Vices Stand Out As Objects That Are Brought Clearly To View By The Light.

There Are Some People Who Would Never Have Fallen In Love If They Had Not Heard There Was Such A Thing.