Politeness is the flower of humanity.

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

Children need models rather than critics.

There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.

When we love, it is the heart that judges.

Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.