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?

... privation is the source of appetite.

I walk beneath your pens, and am not what I truly am, but what you'd prefer to imagine me.

But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he said: 'how well one may philosophize when preparing dinner.' And I often say, when observing these trivial details: had Aristotle prepared vituals [sic], he would have written more.

O who is more to blame: He who sins for pay - Or he who pays for 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!