Rare is he who will concede genius.

And what shall I tell you, lady, of the natural secrets I have discovered while cooking? And I often say, when observing these details: had Aristotle prepared victuals, he would have written more.

One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.

The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who pays for the sin?

Rare is he who will concede genius.

I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!

Who has forbidden women to engage in private and individual studies? Have they not a rational soul as men do?...I have this inclination to study and if it is evil I am not the one who formed me thus - I was born with it and with it I shall die.