Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!

Trust your heart rather than your head.

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

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.