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.

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

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

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

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.

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