Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.
Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.
An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.
As for me, then, I love life and cultivate it just as God has been pleased to grant it to us.
The thing I fear most is fear.
Indeed, there is no such thing as an altogether ugly woman — or altogether beautiful.