The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.

The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.

The most beautiful lives, to my mind, are those that conform to the common human pattern, with order, but without miracle and without eccentricity.

Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.