The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.

Thought can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.

Prayer is the life of the soul.