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

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

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.

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

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.

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

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.