To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought.

For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.