Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.

And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots.

Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place; and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.

The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

My opinion is that we must lend ourselves to others and give ourselves only to ourselves. If my will happened to be prone to mortgage and attach itself, I would not last: I am too tender, both by nature and by practice.

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.