Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.