This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes.

I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.

Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.

... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared.

They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.

Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.