Motives Are Causes Experienced From Within.

(politeness Is) A Tacit Agreement That People's Miserable Defects, Whether Moral Or Intellectual, Shall On Either Side Be Ignored And Not Be Made The Subject Of Reproach.

What People Commonly Call Fate Is Mostly Their Own Stupidity.

Scoundrels Are Always Sociable.

In Our Monogamous Part Of The World, To Marry Means To Halve One's Rights And Double One's Duties.

Honor Has Not To Be Won; It Must Only Not Be Lost.