There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.
It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.
God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.
Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.