“There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.”

“There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.”

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.”

“True eloquence consists of saying all that should be not all that could be said.”

“What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.”

“We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”

“Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.”

“There are few chaste women who are not tired of their trade.”

“When our vices leave us we flatter ourselves with the credit of having left them.”

“Our minds are lazier than our bodies.”

“Affected simplicity is refined imposture.”