Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.

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

Without big words, how could many people say small things?

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Genius, like a torch, shines less in the broad daylight of the present than in the night of the past.

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?