A woman questions the man who loves exactly as a judge questions a criminal. This being so, a flash of the eye, a mere word, an inflection of the voice or a moment's hesitation suffice to expose the fact, betrayal or crime he is attempting to conceal.

Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Thought is the only treasure that God sets outside all power and keeps to serve as a secret link among the unhappy.

I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.