Cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

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.

In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.

Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.

There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other