Father, mother, child, are the human trinity, whose substance must not be divided nor its persons confounded. As well reconstruct your granite out of the grains it is disintegrated into as society out of the dissolution of wedded love.

Freedom is not caprice but room to enlarge.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

Patience is nobler motion than any deed.

Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.