The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.