The envious will die, but envy never.
Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.