Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive?

Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Between God and love, I recognize no mediator but my conscience.

O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!