If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.