An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not want to be considered either so affectionate or so loyal a servant as to be found fit to betray anyone.

We are all of us richer than we think we are.

Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope.

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.