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

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

There is no cosmetic like happiness