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

You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.

To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.

Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.