I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

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

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

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