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.

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

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.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

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

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.