Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.

I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.

Pity is woman's sweetest charm.

No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.