Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.

Nature endows woman alternately with a particular strength which helps her to suffer and a weakness which counsels her to be resigned.

I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.

Sects differ more in name than tenets.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.