Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Moral severity in women is only a dress or paint which they use to set off their beauty.