What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one.
Virtue is to the soul what health is tot he body.
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.