Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.