A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.
Of what violences, murders, depredations, have not the epic poets, from all antiquity, been the occasion, by propagating false honor, false glory, and false religion?
Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
The unhappy never want enemies.
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.