A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.

The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly, very few that are good managers.

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.

There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.

I walk firmer and more secure uphill than down.

Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)