The less heart, the more comfort.

There are no perfect women in the world; only hypocrites exhibit no defects.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.

The passions do not die out; they burn out.