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.

If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price.

If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry; I will find you another who will not agree with him.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

It is putting a very high price on one's conjectures to have someone roasted alive on their account.

Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.