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

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

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

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.

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.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.