People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!

Rage is a short-lived fury.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people.

The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.