Innocence is ashamed of nothing.

A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Women speak at an earlier age, more easily, and more agreeably than men; they are accused also of speaking more; this is as it should be, and I willingly change the reproach into a eulogy.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.