The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex.

It is not because we have been free, but because we have a right to be free, that we ought to demand freedom. Justice and liberty have neither birth nor race, youth nor age.

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.

The wealth of society is its stock of productive labor.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.