Indiscretion and wickedness, be it known, are first cousins.
Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.
Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.