When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God.

I am almost equal to a shadow.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.

What is not intelligible to me is not necessarily unintelligent