A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.