"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."

"Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay."

"Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible."

"The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so."

"When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."

"Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed."

"We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others."

"The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others."

"Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance."

"Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct."

"Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment."

"If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent."

"Passions are the only orators to always convinces us."

"How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves."

"Weak people cannot be sincere."

"The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others."

"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

"We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

"We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion."

"We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion."

"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."

"We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish."

"Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation."

"Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person."

"Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others."

"There are heroes in evil as well as in good."

"If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength."

"In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another."

"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

"The passions are the only orators which always persuade."

"We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have."

"One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one."

"It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves."

"It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one."

"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

"When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them."

"Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?"

"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."

"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person."

"When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate."

"When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate."

"We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine."

"We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves."

"I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there."

"I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself."

"You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop."

"Plan B is really a little garage band of three people, and our mandate has been to help get difficult material, that might not otherwise get made, to the screen and to work with directors we respect."