The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.

I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.