Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.
O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!
The egotism of woman is always for two.
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.
When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.