I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

This dog, which, although no beauty, was of an uncommon breed, I had made my friend and companion; and it certainly deserved the name better than the majority of those who had assumed it.

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.

One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.

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