Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
Our own peculiar human condition is that we are as fit to be laughed at as able to laugh.
The world is but a school of inquisition; it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses.
Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.
Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.