A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

I have gathered a posy of other men’s flowers and only the thread that bonds them is my own.

The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.

The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path.

Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.