Miss Edgeworth and Mme. de Stael have proved that there is no sex in style; and Mme. la Roche Jacqueline, and the Duchesse d'Angouleme have proved that there is no sex in courage.

Those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves.

The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.