I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.

They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.