The society of women is the element of good manners.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.