There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something.

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.

To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice and pusillanimity.

Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never in its lustre but when puerile and beardless, confused and mixed with theirs.

Give me the provisions and whole apparatus of a kitchen, and I would starve.

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.