Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

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

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.

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

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.