The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.