There Are Few Virtuous Women Who Are

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

Hope, Deceitful As It Is, Carries Us Through Life Agreeably Enough.

Gratitude Is Merely The Secret Hope Of Further Favors.

The Truest Mark Of Being Born With Great Qualities Is To Be Born Without Envy.

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.]