Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.

Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.

That prudery which survives youth and beauty resembles a scarecrow left in the fields after harvest.

In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

No woman dares express all she thinks.

Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.