There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.