A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the child of simplicity; but every other the offspring of guilt.

All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.

The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.

We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.